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Bowk House Cottage, Ripponden Road, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5UN

1 planning record
Property type
Semi-detached
Bedrooms
2
Floor area
177 m²
1906 sq ft
Energy rating
D
Score 56
Council tax
Band F
Tenure
Owner Occupied
Overview

About Bowk House Cottage

A plain-English summary derived from public records, EPC certificates, sold prices and local data.

Bowk House Cottage is a two-bedroom semi-detached house in Denshaw, Oldham, Oldham (OL3 5UN). It has a recorded floor area of 177 m² (around 1906 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2011) shows a D (score 56), a step below the typical UK home. Main heating runs on oil. The latest certificate is from April 2011, so improvements made since then won't be reflected.

It hasn't traded since November 2000, a hold of 26 years that's notably long for the area. Across 1997–2000, sale prices on this property compounded at 4.7% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £495,000 sits 269.4% above the 2000 sale of £134,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£70/sq ft) was about 62.2% below the postcode norm. One planning record on file: an extension approved in 2005. Past consents include an extension, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved.

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Valuation

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Risks

planning & flood

Sold prices

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Trends

the local market

Specifications

What this property has

Pulled from EPC certificates, claim submissions and our property model. Empty categories are hidden — we only show what's known.

Inside

  • Bedrooms2
Energy

Energy performance

Every EPC certificate filed against this property — current rating, recorded improvements, and where there's headroom to reach a higher band.

Bowk House Cottage's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.

EPC Expired

This certificate is over 10 years old and is no longer valid.Expired 12 Apr 2021

EPC Rating

A
B
C
D
D56
E
F
G
Main Heating
Gas
Main Fuel
Oil
Hot Water
Average
Windows
Average
CO2 Emissions
8.2 t/year
Occupancy
Owner Occupied
Planning

Planning history

Applications and permits filed against Bowk House Cottage, Ripponden Road, Denshaw, Oldham, OL3 5UN, sourced from the PlanIt planning register.

Council records include a two-storey rear extension at Bowk House Cottage.

  1. Nov 2005
    ExtensionFull
    In report

    Extension: Two storey · Rear of property

    Two storey rear extension forming bathroom, utility room and bedroom.

    Agent
    S. Ingram and Associates
    Documents
    32 docs on file
    Reference
    HH/050118/05
    View planning record
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Price

Sales history & valuation

Recorded transactions, our model's current estimate, and a quick read on what neighbouring properties have sold for.

Bowk House Cottage's modelled value sits at over four times its earliest registered sale price (1997).

Current estimate

£495,000

Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 4.7% per year over 3 years.

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Last sold (2000)

£134,000

Growth on file: 4.7% per year over 3 years.

Sales timeline

  1. 17 November 2000Most recent

    £134,000

    +16.5%over 3 years

  2. 31 July 1997

    £115,000

Median price across the last 5 sales in OL3 5UN: £445,000 (2022–2020).

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On the street

Versus other Ripponden Road homes

Four headline reads against 11 similar houses on this street, drawn from the latest EPC and Land Registry data.

Price per m² for Bowk House Cottage lags the street by a wide margin.

Price per m²

£757

Street avg £2,277

Strongly below

Floor Area

177 m²

Street avg 181 m²

On par

Habitable Rooms

7 rooms

Street avg 7 rooms

On par

CO₂ Emissions

8.2 t/year

Street avg 12.7 t/year

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Comparables

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Area

The neighbourhood at a glance

A condensed read of the local area. Each tile links through to the full breakdown on the Oldham district page.
Full Oldham report

Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.

Nearest stop

0.1 km

Rough Hey Lane — bus stop.

Closest school

0.9 km

Christ Church CofE Primary School. 1 school nearby.

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The full report breaks down crime, transport links, schools and air quality in depth.

Noise

Road noise across the postcode

Modelled day and night-time noise levels around OL3 5UN from Defra's strategic mapping. The pin marks this postcode's centroid.
Daytime road noise heatmap for OL3 5UN

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00

44.2dB

Low
Night-time road noise heatmap for OL3 5UN

Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00

38.3dB

Low
55 dB
60 dB
65 dB
70 dB
75 dB
80 dB
Defra Road Noise Strategic Mapping, Round 4
FAQ

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